WHO Announces Chad Has Eradicated Fly-Borne Tropical Disease
July 08, 2024
The Washington Post (7/6, Blakemore) reported the WHO recently announced that Chad “eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness.” The elimination “marks a milestone for the agency’s program targeting what it calls neglected tropical diseases.” The WHO “hopes to eliminate such diseases, most of which disproportionately affect poor and rural populations, in 100 nations.” Chad “is the 51st country to successfully eliminate such a disease, the agency reports in a news release.”